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TIL Women’s Peak Fertility is at 24. Women HIT THE WALL at 30. Women over 35 is called ELDERLY primigravid and over-35 pregnancy is called GERIATRIC. #SCIENCE

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5VmXn TIL that bees use mushrooms as a natural mite or pesticide killer, from the mycelium found in sawdust piles.
5Vndp TiL the little red-haired girl, Charlie Brown's crush, was based off a woman that Charles Schulz courted who ultimately married a different suitor. Schulz described it as an "emotionally damaging" event. "What a bitter blow that is. A blow to everything that you are."
JYxlB TIL that the hermaphroditic animal known as a sea squirt begins its life as a tadpole like creature, until it settles down anus-up in a location for the rest of its life. It will then eat its own brain, disintegrate its nervous system, and fire sperm and eggs into the water to reproduce.
wL9l7 TIL "Amadeus" was a originally a stage play before it was adapted into the Best-Picture-winning film in 1984. Salieri was portrayed by actors such as Ian McKellen and Frank Langella, and Mozart was portrayed by the likes of Tim Curry and Mark Hamill.
D1NrP TIL that two MIT Scientists successfully planted a false memory into a mouse (Mouseception). When set in a certain box, the mouse freezes in terror, recalling that it receives a shock in this box, when this never happened. This research may lead to new treatments for Depression or Alzheimer's, etc.